Deaconess Children's Enrichment Center - Evansville IN Licensed Center

235 West Iowa , Evansville IN 47710
(812) 450-7282

About the Provider

Description: The Deaconess Children's Enrichment Center, originally built in l990, has expanded. We are now licensed to serve nearly 200 children, but because we have so many part-time children, we will actually serve around 300 children this year. Our mission is to love and nurture children and to meet all of their developmental needs. Our staff members are progressive, have a high degree of integrity, and put the children first.

Additional Information: Number Of Infants Licensed: 30; Number Of Toddler Licensed: 30; PTQ Level 3;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 13706
  • Capacity: 184
  • Age Range: Infant; Toddler; Two-Twelve
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  • PTQ Level: 4
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-04-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2025-03-31
  • District Office: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration - Bureau of Child Care
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-511-1144 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Inspection Type/Date Action needed to correct issue Date Resolved
Licensing
2024-02-27
The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances 2024-02-28
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c)
The left top hinge on the cabinet under the sink in the sunshine room is broken causing a potential pinching hazard. The teacher sink in the Daisy room is leaking around the connection in the faucet.
Licensing
2024-02-27
All articles that are used by infants or toddlers shall be sanitizable and sanitized daily and whenever soiled 2024-02-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-131(d)
The front of the mini sofa in the Firefly room is worn through the cloth making it not sanitizable.
Licensing
2023-01-09
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable 2023-01-09
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n)
At time of inspection, in Classroom 134 (Dragonfly), the boys restroom had tissue paper and a roll of toilet paper sitting on a shelf. The girls restroom had a broom / dust pan hanging on the wall, a roll of toilet paper, and napkins on a shelf. Therefore both restrooms were deemed non-sanitizable.
Licensing
2023-01-09
The center must store cleaning equipment, cleaning agents, aerosol cans, and any other item that states keep out of the reach of children in a place that is inaccessible to children 2023-01-09
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(e)
At time of inspection, Classroom 105 (Sweet Pea) had Lysol spray and Clorox Foamer Bleach. Both state "Keep out of reach of children" located under the sink, behind a child deterrent. Both items accessible to children.
Licensing
2023-01-09
An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit:(1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and(2) the applicant fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation. 2023-01-16
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(d)
At time of inspection, 4 staff with expired fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation available for review.
Licensing
2023-01-09
Staff shall have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as follows: Written records of annual training in CPR shall be maintained at the child care center for three (3) years 2023-02-04
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-34(6)
At time of inspection, 2 staff without current CPR training available for review.
Licensing
2022-09-20
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: A statewide limited criminal history check completed by the Indiana state police 2022-09-26
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(3)
At time of inspection, 3 staff with expired statewide limited criminal history checks completed by the Indiana State Police.
Licensing
2022-09-20
An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit:(1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and(2) the applicant fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation. 2022-09-20
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(d)
At time of inspection, one staff with expired criminal history check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Licensing
2021-05-04
Staff shall maintain hand contact with the child to prevent falls while on the changing table 2021-05-04
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-94(l)
Infant fall from changing table.
Complaints
2021-04-21
Staff shall maintain hand contact with the child to prevent falls while on the changing table 2022-04-18
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-94(l)
Provider not in compliance with diaper changing regulations.
Licensing
2021-02-04
The center shall control toilet and bathroom odors by ventilation and sanitation. If a screened window is not present, there shall be mechanical exhaust vents. Existing centers shall have ventilation added if sanitation measures fail to control odors 2021-02-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(p)
Room 113, 114, 111/112, 127, 134/133, 132/131, 130/129 without working mechanical exhaust vents.
Licensing
2021-01-19
A child care center shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for an individual who: is employed 2021-01-19
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3.5(a)(1)
One staff without drug test results.
Licensing
2021-01-19
In-service staff training 2021-01-22
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-35
One staff without child abuse and neglect training; two staff members without the minimum 12 hours of annual inservice training.
Licensing
2021-01-19
Staff, substitutes, and volunteer records 2021-02-26
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-41
Provider did not submit annual consent for criminal history check to be conducted on three staff members; 1 staff without consent, two with expired consents, one consent last submitted on 1.13.20, other consent last submitted on 1.8.20.
Complaints
2019-09-13
2020-01-24
Type of correction needed: program out of compliance with building maintenance requirements

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